Hi Marlene My name is Ken Farlow and my mother was born Chandler. I have had great difficulty tracing the tree as the family has been very hush-hush. Best I have is Richard Edward Chandler Born: 16 May 1874 Maitland NSW Australia Christened: Occupation:13 Oct 1915 Maclean NSW Professional Fisherman Died: 16 Aug 1942 Grafton NSW Australia Buried: 18 Aug 1942 Maclean NSW Australia His parents are James Chandler and Annie Undery? If you have any Chandler families in the Maitland or Grafton area please let me know. Regards Ken Farlow --- Strecker <marscott@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm new to this list and researching my Chandler > descendants. I have quite a lot of the 'skeleton' of > their lives, but would like to 'flesh out' my > knowledge of their life and times. (Hope I'm not > asking too much!) > > In any case, Edward Chandler and Sarah Mepham > Huggett arrived Sydney on the 'Strathfieldsaye' with > two small children 27 July 1839. They were > agricultural workers from Sussex and their first > position seems to be with Sir John Jamieson at > Regentville. Census 1841 has them living on the > estate with a boarder and fellow shepherd and five > children (three were theirs by this time). > > They had moved to Richmond by 1844 where the next > two children were baptised. > > I would like to know (1) if anyone else is > researching this family in particular? (2) if > anyone else has families who lived and worked at the > Regentville estate? and/or (3) if anyone can give me > some insight into how their lives might have been on > the estate in general? > > Would it have been the usual practice for Jamison > and other large landholders to employ such workers > before they left England, or was it something they > had to negotiate on arrival? I'm trying to get an > idea of what happened when they set foot in Port > Jackson. > > Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer. > > Marlene > Camden > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ===== Ken Farlow Phone: +61 2 43927025 Mobile: 0401 193 248 Alt Email: k_farlow@bigpond.net.au These are the reasons I believe as I do> http://www.gospelcom.net/rbc/rtb/ http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time.

Hello Ken, three entirely unhelpful observations: (i) My brother's wife's granny was a 94 year Grafton resident, may have known them, recently died so no help there. (ii) There is a Chandler's falls near Wollomombi falls between Armidale and Dorrigo (iii) I am related to some Chandlers in Aylesbury Buckinghamshire c. 1810, If you trace back to there please let me know. Good luck Robert Heal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Farlow" <ken_farlow@yahoo.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 5:24 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-NSW-PENRITH] Regentville Estate > Hi Marlene > > My name is Ken Farlow and my mother was born Chandler. > > I have had great difficulty tracing the tree as the > family has been very hush-hush. > > Best I have is Richard Edward Chandler > Born: 16 May 1874 > Maitland NSW Australia > Christened: > > Occupation:13 Oct 1915 > Maclean NSW > Professional Fisherman > > Died: > 16 Aug 1942 > Grafton NSW Australia > Buried: > 18 Aug 1942 > Maclean NSW Australia > > His parents are James Chandler and Annie Undery? > > If you have any Chandler families in the Maitland or > Grafton area please let me know. > > Regards > Ken Farlow > > --- Strecker <marscott@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > Hi > All, > > > > I'm new to this list and researching my Chandler > > descendants. I have quite a lot of the 'skeleton' of > > their lives, but would like to 'flesh out' my > > knowledge of their life and times. (Hope I'm not > > asking too much!) > > > > In any case, Edward Chandler and Sarah Mepham > > Huggett arrived Sydney on the 'Strathfieldsaye' with > > two small children 27 July 1839. They were > > agricultural workers from Sussex and their first > > position seems to be with Sir John Jamieson at > > Regentville. Census 1841 has them living on the > > estate with a boarder and fellow shepherd and five > > children (three were theirs by this time). > > > > They had moved to Richmond by 1844 where the next > > two children were baptised. > > > > I would like to know (1) if anyone else is > > researching this family in particular? (2) if > > anyone else has families who lived and worked at the > > Regentville estate? and/or (3) if anyone can give me > > some insight into how their lives might have been on > > the estate in general? > > > > Would it have been the usual practice for Jamison > > and other large landholders to employ such workers > > before they left England, or was it something they > > had to negotiate on arrival? I'm trying to get an > > idea of what happened when they set foot in Port > > Jackson. > > > > Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer. > > > > Marlene > > Camden > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > > online genealogy records, go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ===== > Ken Farlow > Phone: +61 2 43927025 > Mobile: 0401 193 248 > Alt Email: k_farlow@bigpond.net.au > These are the reasons I believe as I do> http://www.gospelcom.net/rbc/rtb/ > > http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals > New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >